Both https://github.com/test-load-balancer and https://github.com/grosser/parallel_tests seem more complicated than needed. They both require other moving parts (database; other server). It seems now with ruby 1.9 and jruby a simpler solution (maybe harder to code) would be to use a queue and native threads.
Thoughts? AE On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Sidu Ponnappa <ckponna...@gmail.com> wrote: > You can also take a look at https://github.com/test-load-balancer > > Best, > Sidu. > http://c42.in > http://about.me/ponnappa > > On 29 April 2011 01:24, Adam Esterline <a...@esterlines.com> wrote: >> I am looking for some advice on the best way to parallelize a large >> set of browser-based regression tests written in rspec. Just as a >> note; we are running these specs with RSpec 2.5 on JRuby 1.6.1. >> >> Our current set of specs takes about 4 hours to run when it is not >> parallelized. We have implemented a simple "bucket" parallelization >> scheme that basically takes each spec file and divides them evenly >> across a specified number of forked buckets. This simple solution >> has problems: >> >> * Some forked buckets finish early and exit. They don't get the >> chance to contribute to finishing the remaining work. >> * It is somewhat difficult to aggregate all the results into one >> spot (Not really, but annoying). >> >> So... What do I want? >> >> 1. Is RSpec the right tool? If no, what would you suggest? >> 2. It seems like having a queue of specs and a thread pool would >> address my two points above. But... I don't think RSpec is thread >> safe (Specifically RSpec::Core.world and RSpec::Core.configuration). >> Thoughts? >> 3. Other ideas? >> >> Thanks for any help you can give. >> >> AE >> _______________________________________________ >> rspec-users mailing list >> rspec-users@rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users >> > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
